Adobe AIR Resources on ZDNet

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The ever-changing definition of RIAs and how people are killing it: There's a long and mostly good article about various RIA technologies over at eWeek. I say mostly good because the author, Jim Rapoza, gives a pretty unbiased view of a lot of technologies. It's a rundown that we (the entire space) needs more of and that I don't feel qualified...; Tags: Desktop, Microsoft Silverlight, Adobe AIR, Rich Internet Application, Web Browser, Mozilla Prism, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-04-18
Two new desktop applications for FriendFeed: TechCrunch has the scoop on the launch of AlertThingy, an Ajax-based desktop client built on Adobe AIR for tracking FriendFeed. I haven't bought totally into the FriendFeed thing yet, but the application is really clean and may make it easy for me to track what people are doing on the...; Tags: Application, Adobe AIR, FriendFeed, AlertThingy, AJAX, Desktops, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Hardware, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-04-13
News to know: OOXML; Adobe AIR for Linux; Copyright; Best midrange hardware: Notable headlines: Paula Rooney: Microsoft's OOXML gets ISO approval ... maybe Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft OOXML standardization bid: The clock is ticking OOXML standard vote down to the wire Christopher Dawson: OOXML vs. ODF - Should Ed Tech care? ...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe AIR, Microsoft Corp., Hardware, Photo-sharing, Dashwire, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-31
Adobe AIR alpha for Linux is out: We released an alpha version of Adobe AIR for Linux today so now we've got some form of support for Mac, Windows, and Linux with the exact same code/.air file. I've been playing with it for a few weeks and it's really impressive to see most AIR applications just work...; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe AIR, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-03-30
RIA wars heat up with alpha versions of Adobe's AIR and Flex: RIA wars heat up with alpha versions of Adobe's AIR and FlexAlpha?It is a production release for both products. Yeah, you know what you are talking about. Not.Forgot the part where...Flash is abysmal to develop for, and lacks a programmer-centric IDE.Flex 3 Builder is useless junkIt only runs on Windows,...; Tags: Linux, Development tools, OPEN SOURCE, beta, Flex Builder, XML, alpha, CSS, Adobe Systems Inc., rich Internet application, Adobe AIR; Discussion threads 2008-02-28

RIA wars heat up with arrival of Adobe's AIR and Flex: In the world of Rich Internet Applications (RIAs), the battle for hearts and minds -- not to mention eyeballs and desktops -- heated up this week when Adobe Systems took the wraps off its Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR). Adobe AIR, according to the buzz on the...; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Application, Adobe AIR, Rich Internet Application, Workday, Flex 3.0, Human Resource Management (HRM), Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-02-27
Marc Benioff on AIR (and Flex plus Flash): Yesterday, Adobe hosted Engage an invitation only event at which it showcased some of the cool things developers are doing with Flex, Flash and AIR. Robert Scoble was there with his N95 and a Qik account, filming the entire day. Despite it being a closed event, Adobe made no effort...; Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Marc Benioff, Adobe AIR, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-02-26
Adobe's RIA platform brings web and desktop together: Today Adobe announced the availability of Adobe AIR 1.0, Flex 3, and a new open source portal and all three announcements are indicative of where Adobe is going as it tries to expand on it's platform and bring the best of the web to the higher-featured desktop world. Because today...; Tags: Desktop, Adobe Systems Inc., Web, Adobe AIR, Rich Internet Application, Flex 3, Open Source, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-02-25
Google Gears next steps closer to Prism, Adobe AIR: Google Gears next steps closer to Prism, Adobe AIRprism bookmarklet as comparisonthanks for the reference to Dion Almaer's work. it's interesting to me because not long ago, i tossed together an experimental mozilla prism bookmarklet to generate desktop webapps on--the-fly (http://prismspectrum.com/bookmarklet). i do believe adobe air and similar projects...; Tags: XML, PRISM, Google Gears, Mozilla Corp., prism, wrapper, Google Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe AIR; Discussion threads 2007-12-20
Google Gears next steps closer to Prism, Adobe AIR: Dion Almaer has a post over on his blog about what some of the future Google Gears APIs might look like. This one specifically is about creating desktop shortcuts. It's important to note that this is very, very early so this API is indicative of where Google Gears is going...; Tags: Desktop, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Web, Google Gears, Adobe AIR, Web Browser, Prism, Dion Almaer, Dion, Web Browsers, Desktops, Internet, Hardware, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2007-12-20
My rich Internet application predictions for 2007. How did I do?: 2007 was a pretty good year and it saw me end up with a lot of changes including starting work for Adobe in June. I've got some thoughts on what's in store for 2008 and also a summary of 2007 planned but I think it's best to first go back...; Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Verdict, Adobe AIR, Microsoft Windows Vista, Rich Internet Application, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2007-12-17
Mozilla Prism for Mac and Linux released: I'm catching up on my feeds today and noticed that Mark Finkle posted that Mozilla has released Prism for both Mac and Linux. In addition, they released a refreshed version of the Windows version with some bug fixes. The main post on labs also points to some...; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Apple Macintosh, Web Application, Adobe AIR, Mozilla Corp., Linux, Desktops, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2007-11-04
Extending SalesForce.com and SOA with rich internet applications: The team at Nitobi have been working on a contact management application that's built in Adobe AIR and hooks into the SalesForce.com API. They did it to show off some of their components but the actual demo is a good example of where rich internet applications can really start to...; Tags: Salesforce.com, Rich Internet Applications, Rich Enterprise Applications, Ajax, AIR; Blog posts 2007-07-23
Is Facebook going to compete with Adobe AIR?: Is Facebook going to compete with Adobe AIR?I don't see it.Hey Ryan,Facebook seems more like a social network/shell application that allows you to build on by adding services to your shell. Kinda like Wallop except people use it. ;) I can imagine the capabilities/value of Facebook only based on the...; Tags: Facebook, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe AIR; Discussion threads 2007-07-20
Why do tech journalists get Rich Internet Applications so wrong?: A lot of people are talking about Rich Internet Applications. At first people weren't really sold on creating really great experiences in the browser. Then Ajax came along and gave us a taste of how much better the web could actually be. Once people figured out that Ajax wasn't quite...; Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Microsoft, JavaFX, Adobe; Blog posts 2007-06-28
Podcast: News to know midday: Google privacy; Adobe AIR; Surface demo: On today's podcast: Google's privacy flap: Does privacy exist? Adobe's Apollo, err AIR, goes beta. Gallery. And Mary Jo Foley checks out the Microsoft Surface demo. Gallery.; Tags: News to know, General; Blog posts 2007-06-11
What Google Gears means for Rich Internet Applications and Apollo: What Google Gears means for Rich Internet Applications and ApolloRyan, you need to start investigating and thinking about the sync problemThere is a huge body of existing research out there, but, in the end, many of the solutions are application / file type dependent.http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu/Jolt is goodWhen Acrobat 2.1 enabled mere...; Tags: Desktops, Google Gears, Apollo, rich Internet application, Google Inc., Adobe AIR, BEA Jolt; Discussion threads 2007-05-31
Adobe Apollo is dead on arrival: Adobe Apollo is dead on arrivalAlpha Focused on FlexThis alpha was specifically focused on Flex/Flash, which is why Ajax seems like a second class citizen. When the final product ships, Ajax will be on par with Flash/Flex to the point where you won't ever need to use those "proprietary formats"...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Adobe AIR, Apollo, Adobe Systems Inc., tool, SDK, AJAX; Discussion threads 2007-03-27
Adobe's Apollo looks to one-up Ajax: Adobe's Apollo looks to one-up AjaxNot a One-UpHey Martin,I think you're mixing the line between what is Flex and what is Apollo. For the most part, your article is about Flex, not Apollo. Apollo is a cross-OS runtime and is relatively indifferent to Ajax or Flex/Flash. In...; Tags: Adobe AIR, Apollo, AJAX, Adobe Systems Inc., desktop; Discussion threads 2007-03-21
How eBay is developing with Adobe's Apollo project: How eBay is developing with Adobe's Apollo projectAS 3 Library will be open sourceThe ActionScript code that powers the eBay connection is being made as an open source project, similar to the other AS 3 libraries from Adobe that are already open source. The code will be uploaded to...; Tags: eBay Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe AIR, open source; Discussion threads 2006-12-13